Werbung für Deutschland: Absolventen aus technischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Studiengängen werden dringend gesucht - jetzt will eine Initiative gezielt Studenten aus dem Ausland anlocken.
Auf der Suche nach Fachkräften in technischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Berufen wollen Hochschulen und Arbeitgeber nun systematisch Studenten aus dem Ausland anwerben. So wird das Nationale MINT-Forum von Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft am Donnerstag bei einem Kongress in Berlin Bund und Länder auffordern, die Werbung um ausländische Studenten zu unterstützen. Mehr...
Klick um Klick zum richtigen Studiengang
Von . Das neue Uni-Ranking von ZEIT ONLINE und dem Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung ist online. Dieses Jahr hilft es auch Abgängern, die noch kein konkretes Traumfach haben. In diesen Tagen schreiben die meisten Abiturienten die vielleicht wichtigsten Klausuren ihres Lebens. Im Kopf sind viele aber schon einen Schritt weiter: Was soll ich wo studieren? Dabei haben Schulabgänger so viele Möglichkeiten wie nie. Während es 2004 in Deutschland insgesamt etwa 11.000 Studiengänge gab, sind es zehn Jahre später über 17.000. Mehr...
What Teachers of Substance Have To Celebrate On Teacher’s Day
By Sylvia Guinan. It’s also a response to professionals and academics out there who still have trouble finding their footing in the digital age. There is some lingering confusion out there as to what teachers actually do online, the substance of their work and why it should make any difference. Some of this confusion manifests itself in the phenomenon of using old yardsticks to measure new dimensions on the cusp of a new frontier. Today, on Teacher Appreciation Day, I will share what we are proud of, as well as address questions of substance and ‘sorcery’
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How to Collaborate Online the Wiki Way
By Nellie Deutsch. The Wiki Way
A wiki is similar to a website, but with a difference. A wiki allows its members to co-edit a wiki page. In Hawaiian, wiki means quick. The developer behind the wiki was Ward Cunningham. Ward started the Wiki Wiki Web. Currently, Wikipedia is probably the most popular public wiki. Other wiki websites include: Wikispaces, PBworks, Wetpaint and Wikieducator. Anyone can start a wiki page and/or edit if they have the knowledge and desire to share what they know. It takes a caring person to wake up one morning and decide to share information. More...
US empowers future teachers through university scholarships
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded scholarships to 26 students enrolled in undergraduate degree programmes at the International Islamic University (IIU) in Islamabad as part of the $165 million Pakistan Reading Project. The scholarships will pay for tuition and supplies as well as provide a stipend to recipients. The US Government will provide more than 4,500 scholarships to aspiring teachers. More...
Call to increase education budget for economic growth
The government should focus on youth employment schemes, energy crisis and loan investment schemes and bring everyone in tax net in the next budget as a majority of youth is unsatisfied with the government initiatives. These views were expressed by the students of the different varsities in Jang Economic Session on ‘Budget 2014-15, Youth Expectations’, held here on Friday. More...
Peking University offers postgraduate program on China Studies to global students
Peking University opened the Yanjing School on May 5 2014. The school is intended to provide a one year postgraduate program on China Studies. Itwill recruit 100 fresh graduates for 2015 from around the world. 35 will come from theChinese mainland and the other 65 from Hong Kong, Macau and other countries. More...
Singapore takes third spot in global education rankings
Singapore’s education system has won another accolade – this time in a cognitive skills and educational attainment index comparing 39 countries and one region, Hong Kong. The school system here has been ranked third after South Korea and Japan, and one place above Hong Kong in the index, according to The Learning Curve report published by education firm Pearson. More...